An Important Collection of Medals for the Maori Wars, 1845-1866

New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1846 to 1847 (G P Harrison, Carp Crew H M S Calliope) officially impressed naming, nearly extremely fine £700-800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, An Important Collection of Medals for the Maori Wars, 1845-1866.

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Ex George Moss Collection, New York, April 1992.

George Harrison's medal was sent on 19 September 1872. 60 medals were issued with the 1846-1847 dated reverse, all to H.M.S. Calliope. In all, 62 medals were issued to H.M.S. Calliope (13 to R.N. officers, 38 to R.N. ratings, and 11 to R.M. N.C.Os. and men), of which 35 are known: one dated 1846, one with reverse undated, and the others with reverses dated 1846-1847.

George Harrison was born in the parish of Stoke Damerel, Devonport, Devon. He was 24 years of age, a joiner by trade, when he entered the service aboard Calliope as Carpenter's Crew on 31 July 1845, from which ship he was discharged on 9 January 1849. Sold with copy of Medal Roll and two pages from Description Book for H.M.S. Calliope.